Three times this year, major pieces of U.S. infrastructure have failed: first the Texas power grid, then the East Coast’s main gasoline pipeline, then a freeway bridge over the Mississippi River. The crises disrupted businesses and lives, cost billions and left more than 150 Texans dead. President Joe Biden’s $1.7 trillion infrastructure package wouldn’t necessarily… Continue reading Three Disasters Show Gaps in $1.7 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
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Another Way to Pay for Infrastructure Projects: Smart Data
It’s no secret that the roads, bridges, water and sewer systems that have shaped how our communities developed over the last century are, in too many cases, operating on borrowed time. Infrastructure is — after all — the collective of services that allows a society to function. In its recently released infrastructure report card, the… Continue reading Another Way to Pay for Infrastructure Projects: Smart Data